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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I can see Carrie being friends with Samantha (though explain how that got to be a deep, meet twice a week friendship, given Samantha and the age difference), and maybe Miranda (though every sitcom throws the "high-powered downtown lawyer" character into the mix without ever giving a glimpse of how, as a practical matter, it's difficult for a high-powered downtown lawyer to participate in the fun, telegenic activities required by sitcom formulas, like meeting for a lunch date without rescheduling five times).
Not Charlotte, though. If Charlotte and Carrie were college roommates, they might have had some awkward conversations, found they had no worldview or priorities in common, and that would have been it.
Then again, I was always the guy wondering what the fuck Elaine was doing spending time with George and Kramer.
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1. I'm the guy who said Sarah Jessica Parker was Daltrey with tits.
2. You missed my point entirely. Whether or not the show is believeable has nothing to do with the fact that its an overhyped faddy pop tart of a program. A show can be utterly unbelievable yet well done.
My gripe is that the show is not really intended to be popular because of its plot or writing. Its intended to be popular because its always on the cutting edge of hip. The writers go out and hunt down topics from the local style pages and place trendy brands and references to brands through the show because they know most of the crowd is really only interested in what shoes Carrie is wearing.
SATC is made to appear like the very possible lives of four chicks in the city because that makes the fantasy seem almost reachable to the viewers. Its staunchest fans love the show because they're enraptured by the idea of four chicks hitting all the right clubs, wearing the latest stuff and being part of the "scene." "If not for X, that could be me." I guess in some warped sense certain people find the idea that Carrie has thoughts not unlike theirs while at the same time hob-nobbing with Ibankers in the Hamptons and fashion designers empowering. No one idolized Seinfeld or wanted to be one of the characters because the characters were all loathesome fuck ups. I'll bet everything that 70% of the folks who love SATC secretly wish they could be Carrie. That's pretty gay.
